Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

JLS: F. A. Hayek’s Thinking in the Light of Evolutionary Science: A Vindication and a Warning



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Modern Marriage and the Homeownership Rate

Data shows that the marriage rate and the homeownership rate have been closely connected for decades. Historically, more marriage means more home buying, but government intervention has made buying a home much harder.

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Most Economists Still Don’t Understand How Inflation Is Destroying our Economy

Mainstream economists are at a loss to explain why the current regime of inflation and central bank interventions have been so economically devastating. Understanding Cantillon effects is vital to making sense of the current madness.

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QJAE: A Note on “Desired Money Balances” and Menu Costs



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Old vs. Young and Rich vs. Poor: How Government Creates Class Conflict

Inflation does more than just force up prices. It destroys the wealth-producing process, especially with young people who are prevented from acquiring the same kinds of assets earlier generations procured. The result is inter-generational conflict.

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Bursting the Bubble that Was FDR

David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s presidency led to one disaster after another.

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Obamacare Was Not a Failure

As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure.

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Ken Burns Plays the “Founding Chaos” Card

In the new Ken Burns documentary, an old myth—held by the left and right—is repeated: that chaos led to the need for the Constitution and a stronger national government.

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Trump is Winning Over the Fed

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho break down the latest FOMC meeting, the real takeaways from Powell’s Fed talk, and the continuing realities of Obamacare.

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Is Total War in Our Future? The Prognosis

Americans like to think of themselves as peace-loving people. However, our nation’s war record since the American Civil War points to the US government’s affinity for unleashing total war.

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Why The ‘National-Interest’ Is a Statist, Fiat Standard & Solidarity With Palestine Is Libertarian

Mercer: "Whether such crass utilitarians like it or not, the Anglo-Israeli-American genocide in Palestine is a moral matter."

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Israel AI Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale will be paid millions to oversee an effort to ensure that online research is slanted to push the views of the Israeli state.

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Bursting the Bubble that Was FDR

David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s presidency led to one disaster after another.

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Elon Musk Claims Money Will Become Irrelevant. Is He Right?

Elon Musk recently claimed that artificial intelligence will make money itself obsolete. He needs to read the literature of Austrian economics.

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Early Innings for Gold, Late Stage for Fiat

In this special mid-week episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton joins The Julia LaRoche Show.

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Why War Matters

Libertarianism and free markets depend upon peace. Murray Rothbard believed that war destroys freedom and free exchange, so keeping the peace is vitally important.

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Trump’s War on Venezuela

A just war must be defensive; a nation must be trying to stop an invasion. And even in a defensive war, you must follow certain restraints.

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Spring 2026 Virtual Mises Book Club

In February 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.

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Obamacare Was Not a Failure

As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure. But that wasn’t the true purpose of the ACA. It was meant to prop up the faltering crony healthcare system.

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